Old Norse

Old Norse
The language of Scandinavia before 1400 , the common ancestor of modern Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese and Icelandic.

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  • Old Norse — dǫnsk tunga, dansk tunga ( Danish tongue ), norrœnt mál ( Norse language ) Spoken in Nordic countries, Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales, Isle of Man, Normandy, Vinland, the Volga and places in between …   Wikipedia

  • Old Norse — Old′ Norse′ n. peo the North Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia Abbr.: ON • Etymology: 1835–45 …   From formal English to slang

  • Old Norse — ► NOUN ▪ the North Germanic language of medieval Norway, Iceland, Denmark, and Sweden, from which the modern Scandinavian languages are derived …   English terms dictionary

  • Old Norse — n. the North Germanic language of the Scandinavian peoples before the 14th cent …   English World dictionary

  • Old Norse — noun the extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350 • Hypernyms: ↑Germanic, ↑Germanic language • Hyponyms: ↑Old Icelandic * * * noun Usage: capitalized O&N : the North Germani …   Useful english dictionary

  • Old Norse orthography — This article is part of a series on: Old Norse Dialects …   Wikipedia

  • Old Norse morphology — This article is part of a series on: Old Norse Dialects …   Wikipedia

  • Old Norse poetry — This article is part of a series on: Old Norse Dialects …   Wikipedia

  • Old Norse language — Classical Germanic language used с 1150–1350, the literary language of the Icelandic sagas, skaldic poetry, and Eddas. The terms Old Norse and Old Icelandic are sometimes used interchangeably because Icelandic records of this period are more… …   Universalium

  • Old Norse literature — History of Literature Bronze Age literature Sumerian Egyptian Akkadian Classical literatures …   Wikipedia

  • Old Norse alphabet — The Old Norse alphabet consists of 32 letters derived from the Latin alphabet: See also * Alphabets derived from the Latin * Old Norse orthography * Old Norse * Dalecarlian alphabet * Icelandic alphabet …   Wikipedia

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